After successful demonstration of MW projects in Demo Scheme, Ministry launched a Generation Based Incentives (GBI) programme on 16th June 2010 to give a thrust to rooftop PV and other small solar power plants connected to grid under Phase I JNNSM. Implementing Agency is IREDA. 100 MW Solar capacity was Read more…
The Scheme for Development of Solar Parks and Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects was rolled out on 12-12-2014 with aggregate capacity 20,000 MW. Further, the capacity of the Solar Park Scheme was enhanced from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW on 21-03-2017 to set up at least 50 solar parks by Read more…
Phase II of the Grid connected rooftop solar programme was approved for with a target for achieving a cumulative capacity of 40,000 MW from Rooftop Solar (RTS) Projects by the year 2022 in February 2019. The programme will be implemented with the total central financial support of Rs 11,814 crore Read more…
Source: MNRE Annual reports
Earlier, Ministry has been implementing Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme which is providing subsidy upto 30% of benchmark cost for the general category states and upto 70 % of benchmark cost for special category states, i.e. North Eastern States including Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Read more…
The Ministry launched the above scheme in January 2015 , the Scheme is closed for new sanctions. Under this Scheme, MNRE has sanctioned around 882 MW grid-connected solar PV power plant capacity to 9 CPSUs/Govt. Organizations. As of 31.12.2019, all the sanctioned 882 MW capacity solar PV projects have been Read more…
Government of India, through Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), on 05.04.2019, has approved Implementation of CPSU Scheme Phase-II for setting up 12,000 MW grid-connected Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Power Projects by CPSUs/ State PSUs/ Government Organisations, with Viability Gap Funding (VGF) support over 4 years 2019-20 to 2022-23 for Read more…
Shri Anand Kumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has said that the Government is committed to managing curtailments to enhance the ease of doing business for developers in the renewable energy sector. Speaking at the session on Renewables in India at the India Pavilion, on the Read more…
Most of renewable energy projects in the country are being implemented by the private sector developers selected through transparent bidding process. Government has issued standard bidding guidelines to enable the distribution licensees to procure power at competitive rates in cost effective manner. In order to be competitive, developers are encouraged Read more…
Wind power projects are set up in the country, including in the state of Rajasthan, on the basis of commercial principles taking into account wind resource, land availability, transmission infrastructure, etc. So far, bids for 15,100 MW of wind power projects have been issued, out of which projects of Read more…